While the trend of reboots and sequels will continue next year, you can also look forward a slate of original films you’ll actually want to see. Here is our list of the top 10 films to look forward to in 2017.

The unlikely heroine of Queen of Katwe, a little girl named Phiona Mutesi— played with subtle and compelling intensity by young actress, Madina Nalwanga— has grown up with every obstacle to success imaginable

These eight dynamic women use their comedy platforms to tackle womens’ issues in our culture today. Comedy requires courage; comedians have to be willing to take a stand, and at the same time make fun of our shared human weaknesses. They bring out our vanity, and hypocrisy, and alternatively our capacity for forgiveness and redemption, thereby serving a very important function in our society.

Poignant, raw and unexpected, we saw a preview of The Dressmaker recently and are excited to see it finally come to the US. Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is an Australian bittersweet, comedy-drama movie set in early 1950s Australia.